Month: September 2026

Triceps surae muscle architecture

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT Diffusion tensor imaging reveals muscle- and child-specific adaptations of muscle architecture in children with cerebral palsy.

New imaging research reveals that children with cerebral palsy don’t lose calf muscle size in one uniform way. Instead, each muscle sacrifices either fibre length or fibre width to protect its own specialised job, whether that’s generating force or allowing a full range of motion. by Bart Bolsterlee Cerebral palsy (CP) is the leading cause …